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Binance Considering Ending U.S.-Based Partnerships Amid Regulatory Crackdown

Feb 17, 2023 · 8:46am PST
Binance.US, which claims to be a separate and independent exchange, operates in the U.S. and a spokesperson told The Information it “has no plans to leave the US market.”
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E-Commerce’s Share of Total Retail Flatlined in 2022

Feb 17, 2023 · 8:08am PST
The slowdown is a challenge to companies that rely on growth in online shopping, including small online sellers, big e-commerce firms like Amazon and payment processors like Stripe.
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TikTok Says Has Plans For Two Additional Data Centers in Europe

Feb 17, 2023 · 2:54am PST
The video app also said that it has 127 million monthly active users in the European Union as it complies with new disclosure and data protection rules.
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Investment Bank China Renaissance Says CEO Is Unreachable

Feb 16, 2023 · 8:38pm PST · 1 comment
China Renaissance CEO Bao Fan, one of China's best known financiers, has worked on many of the country's biggest tech deals.
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Google Cloud Lures Customers With New Purchasing Options

Feb 16, 2023 · 2:46pm PST
Google Cloud has had a tough time getting customers to steadily increase their spending over time, so it is now offering them more flexible purchasing options.
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DocuSign Lays Off Another 10% of Workforce

Feb 16, 2023 · 2:34pm PST
The layoffs come just a few months after DocuSign said it would reduce its workforce by 9%.
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Snapchat Hits 750 Million Monthly Active Users

Feb 16, 2023 · 12:27pm PST
Snap executives said they saw rapid growth in time spent on the app viewing Spotlights, Snapchat’s TikTok-like feature.
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Tesla Recalls 363,000 Cars Over Full Self-Driving Software

Feb 16, 2023 · 10:48am PST
Tesla’s newest autonomous driving technology increases the risk of crashes, according to a federal filing
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Susan Wojcicki Steps Down as CEO of YouTube

Feb 16, 2023 · 10:45am PST
Wojcicki first joined Google in 1999 and built out Google’s advertising and analytics products for 14 years before helming YouTube.
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ServiceTitan Cuts 8% of Workforce

Feb 16, 2023 · 9:00am PST
A one-time IPO candidate, ServiceTitan has stopped keeping its financial paperwork up to date
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Tesla Fires New York Workers Following Unionization Announcement

Feb 16, 2023 · 7:38am PST
Autopilot workers informed Elon Musk of their intent to unionize this week. 
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The RealReal To Cut 7% of Headcount, Close Some Stores and Offices

Feb 16, 2023 · 6:57am PST
The cuts come as the luxury reseller looks to rein in expenses under its new CEO.
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Lightspeed Hires Ex-Salesforce Ventures Partner for Enterprise Deals

Feb 15, 2023 · 6:09pm PST
Alex Kayyal, formerly a senior vice president and managing partner at Salesforce Ventures, joined Lightspeed as a partner on the enterprise software team.
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Robinhood Sees Pop in Crypto Trading in January

Feb 15, 2023 · 4:03pm PST
The heightened activity coincides with crypto prices that have rallied in 2023.
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Twilio’s Chief Product Officer Departs for VC Firm Norwest

Feb 15, 2023 · 3:44pm PST
Eyal Manor, a Google veteran who joined Twilio in late 2021, has left to become an entrepreneur in residence at Norwest.
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Shopify Forecasts Revenue Slowdown in First Quarter

Feb 15, 2023 · 2:39pm PST
The e-commerce giant blamed higher inflation that’s weighing on consumer spending for the slowdown in predicted growth.
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Roku Posts Flat Q4 Year-Over-Year Revenue

Feb 15, 2023 · 2:27pm PST
The streaming device maker added 10 million active users last year after heavily investing in original content.
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Roblox Bookings Reach New High

Feb 15, 2023 · 12:52pm PST
The online gaming company’s growth is surpassing the levels reached after the pandemic shutdowns sparked a surge in activity.
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SEC Proposes Expanding Custody Rule to Include Crypto

Feb 15, 2023 · 11:52am PST
Chair Gary Gensler took a shot at crypto companies that custody assets on behalf of customers, saying that crypto trading and lending platforms are not qualified custodians.
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EU Prepares Formal Probe of Amazon-iRobot Deal

Feb 15, 2023 · 11:10am PST
The bloc’s investigators have privacy concerns about how the Roomba operates, including the vacuum robot’s ability to take pictures inside users’ homes.